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Penguin Random House Ninth Annual Author Event for NYC Educators

Calling all Tri-state Area educators! You are invited to the Penguin Random House Ninth Annual Author Event for NYC Educators. Please RSVP as soon as possible to reserve your spot; space for this event fills up quickly!

Held at the Penguin Random House building in midtown Manhattan on Monday, October 9 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., the event will feature five authors who will each discuss and sign free copies of their book.

Penguin Random House Creative Writing Awards Support and Give Voice to NYC Students

On June 13, 2017, the annual Penguin Random House Creative Writing Awards were held at the Peter Norton Symphony Space in Manhattan. Sponsored by the Penguin Random House Foundation, the awards, totaling $115,000 in scholarships, were presented to sixty-two New York City high school students. Since 1994, more than two million dollars have been awarded to students and their schools by Random House, and now Penguin Random House, through this awards competition for original poetry/spoken word, memoir, fiction, and graphic-novel compositions. The 2017 first-place winners are:

The box office results are in and it's no secret that Wonder Woman is the superhero of the summer with the release of the first film helmed by the classic character. Students (and teachers!) who can't get enough are in luck--we offer an extensive selection of books and graphic novels starring the Amazon princess. Take Diana's story from the screen to the classroom with Wonder Woman: Earth One Vol. 1 and check out our Educator Guide featuring discussion questions, essay and project prompts, and a guide for close reading.

Click here for a full list of Wonder Woman titles from Penguin Random House and our client publishers.

We are pleased to announce that IDW Publishing has officially partnered with Penguin Random House Publisher Services as a new client. IDW Publishing is an industry-leading publisher of comic books and graphic novels. Their catalog includes some of the world's most popular entertainment brands such as Star Wars, Star Trek, and My Little Pony; award-winning editions of classic comics including the Artist's Edition line; and #1 New York Times bestsellers like Love Is Love and March, the first graphic novel ever to win the National Book Award.

• Anne Moody, author of Coming of Age in Mississippi (Dell), died on February 5th at her home in Gloster, Mississippi at the age of 74. A classic autobiography of a young girl growing up poor and black in the rural South, Coming of Age in Mississippi is required reading on school lists nationwide.

A graphic novel biography of the escaped slave, abolitionist, and public speaker, based on his autobiographical writings and speeches, spotlighting the key events and people that shaped the life of this great American.

The Invisible Man (1897) blends comedy and tragedy in its story of a scientist who discovers a way to make himself invisible. This prescient parable of the dark side of scientific progress dramatizes humanity's grandest possibilities and darkest fears.